tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48108015909469536302018-05-16T04:17:45.263+01:00Welcome to ogamayor's BlogNews,Sports,Events,Entertainment,Technology,Health,Inspiration,Fashion and Gossip!Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-54736468571893234302017-10-07T12:04:00.001+01:002017-10-07T12:27:41.965+01:00Firstcoin Presentation ENG 2017 June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br /><span class="content"><a href="https://firstcoin.club/affiliate/81515" target="_blank">https://firstcoin.club/affiliate/81515</a></span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-IcY8vvN7FI" width="480"></iframe></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-14673793371141397522014-10-18T06:33:00.001+01:002014-10-21T07:56:07.712+01:00Today in history- 'Al Capone'. 1930s Chicago Finest.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F-oZAwPkZY0Po%2FVEH7kD48axI%2FAAAAAAAABCA%2FiJg11Z4dTJ8%2Fs320%2FAl_Capone.jpg&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oZAwPkZY0Po/VEH7kD48axI/AAAAAAAABCA/iJg11Z4dTJ8/s320/Al_Capone.jpg" /></a></div><div dir="ltr">On this day October 17th in 1931, gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signalling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s. <br />Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899 to Italian immigrants. He was expelled from school at 14, joined a gang and earned his nickname "Scarface" after being sliced across the cheek during a fight. By 1920, Capone had moved to Chicago, where he was soon helping to run crime boss Johnny Torrio's illegal </div><a name='more'></a>enterprises. <br /> <br /><b>Biography</b><br />Infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone was born in the tough Williamsburgh section of Brooklyn, NY, the fourth of nine children of Italian immigrants from Naples. Capone was a born sociopath. In the sixth grade he beat up a teacher and promptly quit school. He picked up his education from the streets, "making his bones" when he joined the notorious James Street gang. This was run by Johnny Torrio, who later graduated Capone into the even more notorious Five Points gang. It was here that Capone became friends with Lucky Luciano, another who would become a hallmark in the '30s gangster era. <br /> <br />By his late teens Capone had been hired by Torrio and Frankie Yale as a bouncer at a saloon / brothel in Brooklyn. In 1918 he was involved in a bar fight over a prostitute with hoodlum Frank Galluccio. Gallucio went after Capone with a knife, resulting in Capone's picking up the moniker by which he would be known for the rest of his life--"Scarface" (although that word was NEVER used in his presence). Capone, however, would attribute the scar to wounds he received in battle while fighting with the famous "lost battalion" in France during World War I (the fact that Capone never spent one minute in the army was a minor point, apparently). By 1919 he was already suspected by New York police of at least two murders, so he moved to Chicago to work under Torrio's uncle, "Big" Jim Colosimo, a Chicago gangster who ran a string of brothels. Torrio and Colosimo had a dispute over bootlegging during the Prohibition era--Torrio was for it and Colosimo was against it. Torrio hatched a plot with Capone to have Colosimo "rubbed out" and they got their old pal Frankie Yale to do it. Over the next few years the new Torrio-Capone regime went to war with rival bootlegging gangs in Chicago. In 1924 they killed Charles Dion O'Bannion, head of the Irish North Side gang. That didn't end the war, however, which went on for several more years. Capone's younger brother Frank died in a hail of rival gangsters' bullets in 1924. In February 1925 Torrio, who had been badly wounded in a shootout, decided to retire. He told Capone, "It's all yours". At the tender age of 26, Al Capone found himself in control of a sophisticated crime organization with 1,000 gunmen at his command and a $300,000-a-week payroll. He was up to it, however, and made a smooth transition from a simple gun-toting leg-breaker, pimp and killer to a "business executive" (his business card stated that he sold "second-hand furniture"). It was estimated that at one point he had approximately half of Chicago's police department on his payroll, and his reach extended to the highest levels of Chicago's city government and even into the Illinois legislature (he was also suspected of having the Illinois governor "in his pocket"). He controlled the local political process by terrorizing voters into voting for candidates he picked. So great was his power that he claimed he "owned" Chicago, and once publicly assaulted the mayor of nearby Cicero--who was on his payroll--on the steps of City Hall for doing something without his clearance, while the local police looked the other way. <br /> <br />Capone was probably the first "equal-opportunity" mob boss. While many of his fellow Italian and Sicilian gangsters would only hire those from their own ethnic group, Capone hired Jews, Irish, Poles, Slovaks, blacks--as long as he considered them trustworthy, they could work for Capone. He even purged the Chicago organized crime scene of "Mustache Petes", the old-time Sicilian gangsters who he didn't think were capable of running a "modern" crime organization. Capone ran Chicago's gambling, prostitution and bootlegging empire, getting rich giving people what they wanted. He was soon wildly popular among the citizenry and was even cheered at the ballpark, while "respectable" citizens like President Herbert Hoover were not. Capone absorbed smaller gangs into his own--sometimes by negotiation, other times by gunfire--extending his reach to outside the Chicago environs and expanding his empire even further. He was, however, always concerned for his own safety and surrounded himself with trusted bodyguards (including Frank Gallucio, the man responsible for his nickname, "Scarface"). Several attempts were made on his life by rival mobsters--one time a convoy of cars full of gangster Hymie Weiss' gunmen shot up a restaurant at which Capone was dining; the place was destroyed, but Capone came through unscathed. Another time would-be assassins poisoned his soup, but his luck held out again. <br /> <br />On Valentine's Day in 1929 Capone ordered the bloody "St. Valentine's Day Massacre". His underlings found out the location of the warehouse of his rival George Moran (aka "Bugs" Moran) and that Moran was to attend a meeting there at a particular time. Capone sent a carload of his gunmen dressed as police officers to the address. Once there they lined up the seven men they found, but Moran wasn't among them; he was on the sidewalk heading towards the building when he saw the "police car" pull up in front and he quickly ducked into a nearby store. Nevertheless, Capone's gunmen machine-gunned them to death. Following the massacre (when Moran was later asked who he thought was responsible for the murders, he replied, "Only Capone kills like that"), public opinion about Capone began to change. He was not above killing on his own, either. When he was informed that his bodyguards John Scalise and Albert Anselmi were part of an assassination plot against him, he decided to take care of the matter himself. To put their minds at ease, he threw a banquet in their honor. While delivering a glowing testimonial to them, Capone suddenly pulled out an Indian club and beat both men to death. <br /> <br />Although local and state authorities had been trying to bring down Capone for years, the federal government finally managed to do it by prosecuting him for income-tax evasion. He was tried, found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, GA. In 1934 he was transferred to Alcatraz, a federal prison on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay that was set up to hold the nation's worst criminals. He never finished out his sentence, though. In 1939 he was paroled because of the ravages of neurosyphilis, a disease he contracted while running Torrio's and Colosimo's whorehouses. He lived the last eight years of his life as a virtual zombie at his estate in Florida, his brain almost totally destroyed by the disease.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Flh6.ggpht.com%2F-oZAwPkZY0Po%2FVEH7kD48axI%2FAAAAAAAABCA%2FiJg11Z4dTJ8%2Fs320%2FAl_Capone.jpg&amp;container=blogger&amp;gadget=a&amp;rewriteMime=image%2F*" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-61800389316207019552014-10-04T10:08:00.001+01:002014-10-04T18:48:19.385+01:00Why Your Pupils Get Larger WhenYou’re High On Drugs?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p4JqL-_fQ-4/VDAx47dT7dI/AAAAAAAABAw/aNQ_RuU3DKQ/s1600/IMG_20141004_100348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p4JqL-_fQ-4/VDAx47dT7dI/AAAAAAAABAw/aNQ_RuU3DKQ/s1600/IMG_20141004_100348.jpg" /></a></div><div dir="ltr">If you where a Science Student back in Secondary school you would probably remember these from your science classes, your pupils dilate as a way of responding to changes in light. The darker it gets, the larger your </div><a name='more'></a>pupils get.<br /><div dir="ltr">They expand for other reasons too. According to online sources and the voice of experience, pupils expand when people are sexually aroused and when they are completing complex cognitive tasks. Certain drugs—including illicit drugs—also make your pupils bigger.</div><div dir="ltr">Psychotropic drugs can have an obvious effect on the muscle groups in the eye and cause pupil Dilation or Mydriasis. Which muscle group is influenced depends on the type of drug one takes. Generally, pupil Dilation can be caused by stimulants or really any drug that affects the Adrenal glands.</div><div dir="ltr">Drugs that cause the release of dopamine, a related Neurotransmitter, can also cause one’s pupils to enlarge. Dvorsky notes: “ Marijuana is a good example. Dopamine causes pupils to Dilate by exciting the Adrenergic receptors. Not all drugs will produce the same degree of pupil Dilation. For example, MDMA will have a much more profound effect on pupil Dilation than an Antidepressant.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-18013654322309219192013-08-10T07:00:00.000+01:002013-08-10T07:00:02.883+01:00Woman offers breast-feeding service to gay parents<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-77m-J6KozJ0/UgLm6w3hwLI/AAAAAAAAA2g/mF7WZgkMZbQ/s1600/breast-feeding+service.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-77m-J6KozJ0/UgLm6w3hwLI/AAAAAAAAA2g/mF7WZgkMZbQ/s200/breast-feeding+service.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">A woman has posted an offer on a French website to breast-feed babies of homosexual male couples for 100 euros ($130) a day, stirring up media interest just weeks after a divisive same-sex marriage law was passed.</div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The post, which the website said it verified as genuine and legal, reads: "I am a young mother in perfect health, a trained nurse of 29, and I am renting my breasts to milk-feed infants."</div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The offer, addressed to male homosexual couples who can marry legally</div><a name='more'></a> in France since May, promises up to 10 breast-feeds a day. The woman is mobile and based near Paris, it says.<br /><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">Alexandre Woog, chief executive of the e-loue website where the offer appeared, said its staff had contacted the person and had no doubt about her identity and the seriousness of the proposal, nor the legality of the service proposed.</div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">"Our legal advisers are sure of this. It's illegal in France to sell maternal milk but this is a person proposing a service, not selling the milk in flasks," Woog told Reuters.</div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">While France has just joined more than a dozen countries to legalize marriage and adoption of children by same-sex couples, it does not permit surrogacy or assisted reproduction for gay and lesbian couples.</div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><br /><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">"I've received more than a dozen requests" she says.</div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-30780282269885229582013-08-09T06:00:00.000+01:002013-08-09T06:00:11.436+01:0050 Cent pleads not guilty in domestic violence case<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nKlfwBQwgqw/UgGGwDhIlII/AAAAAAAAA1Y/PlLt1ceibKw/s1600/50marquise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="342" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nKlfwBQwgqw/UgGGwDhIlII/AAAAAAAAA1Y/PlLt1ceibKw/s400/50marquise.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rapper Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson has been accused by an ex-girlfriend of kicking her and ransacking a bedroom</td></tr></tbody></table>Rapper 50 Cent entered a not guilty plea to domestic violence and vandalism charges in a Los Angeles County court Monday.<br /><br />The 37-year-old artist -- whose real name is Curtis Jackson -- was ordered to return to the Van Nuys, California, courtroom on September 4 for a pretrial hearing for one count of domestic violence and four counts of vandalism, according to a court spokeswoman.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Model-actress Daphne Joy, who has a child with Jackson, accused her ex-boyfriend of kicking her and ransacking the bedroom during an argument at her condo in the Toluca Lake neighborhood in Los Angeles on June 23, according to the Los Angeles city attorney. Authorities allege Jackson caused $7,100 in damage to property and left the scene before police arrived.<br /><br />"During an argument, Jackson allegedly began destroying the female's property," the city prosecutor's office said in a written statement. "Allegedly when the female locked herself in her bedroom, Jackson kicked open the bedroom door and kicked her, causing an injury."<br /><br />Police found broken chandeliers and furniture throughout the home. The bedroom closet was ransacked, with clothes thrown all over the floor, and there was a broken television and lamp, the prosecutor's office said.<br /><br />If convicted on all five counts, Jackson would face up to five years in jail and $46,000 in fines.<br /><br />(CNN)</div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-24413939612746521712013-08-08T08:00:00.000+01:002013-08-08T08:00:04.669+01:00 'World War Three' speech →Queen Elizabeth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AY3eefxRDHA/UgF3AFNKDYI/AAAAAAAAA0I/8uKEcO-bgSA/s1600/queen.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AY3eefxRDHA/UgF3AFNKDYI/AAAAAAAAA0I/8uKEcO-bgSA/s400/queen.webp" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Relations between the Soviet Union and the West had become so tense 30 years ago that British officials drew up a speech for Queen Elizabeth to deliver to the nation in the event of a nuclear war, newly released archives showed on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">In the speech, the monarch was to urge Britons to remain united and resolute in the face of the "madness of war."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Written by government officials, the hypothetical speech was part of a secret exercise designed to prepare Britain for the threat of a possible World War Three, but</div><a name='more'></a> was never broadcast.<o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">It starts by referring to the queen's traditional Christmas address to the nation.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"The horrors of war could not have seemed more remote as my family and I shared our Christmas joy with the growing family of the Commonwealth," she was to have said.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"Now, this madness of war is once more spreading through the world and our brave country must again prepare itself to survive against great odds."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The queen's speech was imagined to be broadcast in the spring of 1983 against the backdrop of worsening U.S.-Soviet relations, during a year in which then U.S. President Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The queen was to have continued: "I have never forgotten the sorrow and the pride I felt as my sister and I huddled around the nursery wireless set listening to my father's (King George VI's) inspiring words on that fateful day in 1939 (at the start of the World War Two).<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"Not for a single moment did I imagine that this solemn and awful duty would one day fall to me."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Citing the close bond of family life as the greatest defense against the unknown, the speech also mentioned the queen's second son Prince Andrew, who was serving in the Royal Navy at the time.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"If families remain united and resolute, giving shelter to those living alone and unprotected, our country's will to survive cannot be broken," she was to have said.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The papers were released by the National Archives as part of a 30-year rule that sees official records from the Prime Minister's office and Cabinet Office released to the public.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">They also revealed how Margaret Thatcher, who was Britain's prime minister at the time, dismissed the idea of hiring the then 21-year old William Hague - now Foreign Secretary - as an advisor to the Treasury.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"No," she wrote, underlining the word three times before adding "This is a gimmick and would be deeply resented by many who have financial economic experience."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">(Reuters)&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-41268125460246706262013-08-08T01:29:00.001+01:002013-08-08T01:29:13.612+01:00Muslim Referee Stops Football Match to Break Ramadan Fast<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rF8fWVaA3MQ/UgLl5IjZIWI/AAAAAAAAA2U/XZSeaYky8DM/s1600/fast+referee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rF8fWVaA3MQ/UgLl5IjZIWI/AAAAAAAAA2U/XZSeaYky8DM/s320/fast+referee.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica\, sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">One of the odder stones in recent days comes from Senegal where a referee stopped a game to break his Ramadan fast. </div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica\, sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica\, sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">The game between Casa Sport and Yeggo was half-an-hour old when referee Ousseynou Gueye suspended play so his officials could have a drink and eat on the gde of the pitch. Despite being heckled by spectators, Gueye finished his snack before resuming.</div><a name='more'></a> <br /><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica\, sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><br /><div lang="en-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica\, sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; margin: 0in;">“Legally, it is not possible to stop a match to break the fast,’ he said afterwards. “But you can enjoy a break in the game to meet a health need. The human body needs water.”&nbsp;</div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-91781245880025237842013-08-07T08:00:00.000+01:002013-08-07T08:00:05.010+01:00Real Babies given away as gift on a live talk show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sl-0XxZ0X8c/UgFzp526QEI/AAAAAAAAAz4/Y-dGDno0KA4/s1600/baby.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sl-0XxZ0X8c/UgFzp526QEI/AAAAAAAAAz4/Y-dGDno0KA4/s400/baby.webp" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Pakistani television is screening what many call its most controversial content yet in a ruthless quest for ratings: a talk-show host who gives away babies live on air.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Aamir Liaquat Hussain, a bespectacled 41-year-old with a neatly trimmed beard, gave away two abandoned infant girls to childless families last month and plans to give away a baby boy this week.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"If we didn't find this baby, a cat or a dog would have eaten it," Hussain proclaimed during one broadcast, before presenting a tiny girl wrapped in pink and red to her new parents. The audience erupted with applause.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Hussain is one of</div><a name='more'></a> Pakistan's most popular talk-show hosts. During his marathon broadcasts he cooks, interviews clerics and celebrities, entertains children and hosts game shows.<o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal">He usually gives prizes like motorbikes, mobile phones and land deeds to audience members who answer questions about Islam.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">But at the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, when television stations battle fiercely for ratings, Hussain astonished Pakistan when he presented two families with babies.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"We were told that we had passed all the interviews and had been selected to adopt a baby," said Riaz Uddin, 40, an engineer. "We got our baby on live TV."<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">(Reuters)<o:p></o:p></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-11185420819398414242013-08-07T06:00:00.000+01:002013-08-07T06:00:06.007+01:00Johannesburg apologizes to Mandela for billing blunder<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uMgGnIK3B_w/UgF9AcS87xI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/Tb5ahT3S5e4/s1600/mandela.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uMgGnIK3B_w/UgF9AcS87xI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/Tb5ahT3S5e4/s400/mandela.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">The City of Johannesburg apologized to Nelson Mandela and his family on Monday for mistakenly posting a non-payment notice on the former South African president's house warning him his electricity was about to be cut off.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The city, which has faced a barrage of complaints from residents for bungled bills, said the notice </div><a name='more'></a>demanding payment of 6,468.48 rand ($660) was supposed to have been delivered to a different house.<o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"The city wants to convey an apology to the Mandela family for any inconvenience caused by this unfortunate incident," it said in a statement.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Mandela, 95, has spent two months in a Pretoria hospital battling a lung infection that has left him in a critical condition.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The location of Mandela's posh Johannesburg home is one of South Africa's worst-kept secrets. It is frequently visited by media and well-wishers who leave messages for a speedy recovery on painted stones outside the residence. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">(Reuters)<o:p></o:p></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-23758042487612632522013-08-07T05:30:00.000+01:002013-08-07T05:30:00.783+01:00Rivers State Lawmaker, Chidi Lloyd Sues Nigerian Police N50billion For ill Treatment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHZq_-vRFxE/UgF-mK8K5cI/AAAAAAAAA0o/PU7XtVMN1Qs/s1600/Chidi+Llyod.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHZq_-vRFxE/UgF-mK8K5cI/AAAAAAAAA0o/PU7XtVMN1Qs/s400/Chidi+Llyod.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Chidi Llyod, the Leader of Rivers House of Assembly wants to sue the Nigerian Police ₦50 Million for inhuman treatment while in their custody.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">The Embattled Rivers State law maker Chidi Lloyd claims he was blindfolded, battered and tortured by the Nigerian police and for that, he wants N50 billion as compensation.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">His legal team made this known today after Chidi Lloyd was granted bail by a Rivers State high court. The presiding judge also ordered that the majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly should not be rearrested by the police.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">The case was adjourned till August 12th.<o:p></o:p></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-5784599342970586812013-08-07T01:07:00.001+01:002013-08-07T01:08:35.428+01:00Drama as 21-yr-old accused asks magistrate for food<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SyYzddm90RI/UgGO3r2FuRI/AAAAAAAAA2E/e5qbrnO1aIo/s1600/magistrate.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SyYzddm90RI/UgGO3r2FuRI/AAAAAAAAA2E/e5qbrnO1aIo/s400/magistrate.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">The magistrate’s court sitting in Yaba, Lagos, yesterday, witnessed a mild drama following an outburst by one of the arraigned suspects.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The incident occurred during the hearing of a two-count felony charge brought against the suspect, Tunde Balogun (21), who instead of pleading to the charges, brought out some drugs from his pocket as he cried to the magistrate: “Please Ma, I have been on these drugs since Saturday. I am not feeling okay. I have not had anything to eat since morning. Please Ma, if you can help me, just give me something so that I can swallow these drugs.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">This prompted the magistrate to halt the session for some minutes to ascertain the health condition of the accused from the Prosecuting Officer who brought him to<br /><a name='more'></a> court. It was then revealed that it was a strategy to distract the court session.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">After the second charge was read, the accused remained silent for a while, after which he told the magistrate: “I heard what you said, but I don’t know anything about the charges you just read to me. I am not guilty of the charges. I am not feeling very fine; please I need to take these medications I bought from the chemist since Saturday.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">It was further revealed by some witnesses at the hearing that a previous case of felony and assault committed against a young lady in February 2013, was struck out in court last Friday, but instead of turning a new leaf, the accused who is a son of a retired court official, committed another felony the next day.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">According to a witness, “he is unrepentant and this has caused his father, who is a retired court registrar, so much pain.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">When asked reasons for misbehaving during the hearing, the accused told our reporter: “Truly, I am innocent of the charge against me. That evening, I went with one of my friends to purchase some drugs at a chemist, and suddenly we heard people shouting and running after some young men.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">“In confusion, we joined them, but before I knew what was happening, they mobbed me. They broke a bottle on my head in the process. Look at the wound,” he said, showing off a wounded back of his head.<o:p></o:p></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-58644248375767912462013-08-07T00:59:00.002+01:002013-08-07T00:59:20.955+01:00Girl, 14, died after 'web bullying'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qqPFUHrOVXE/UgGNtqNKAXI/AAAAAAAAA14/OKe8aFEi9JY/s1600/smith.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qqPFUHrOVXE/UgGNtqNKAXI/AAAAAAAAA14/OKe8aFEi9JY/s320/smith.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">A 14-year-old Leicestershire girl killed herself after being bullied on a social networking site, her father has claimed.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Hannah Smith, from Lutterworth, was found hanged on Friday.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Her father Dave Smith wrote on Facebook that he found bullying posts on his daughter's ask.fm page from people telling her to die.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Latvia-based ask.fm allows users to post anonymously. An inquest into Hannah's death has opened in Leicester</div><a name='more'></a>.<o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Writing on Facebook last Friday, Mr. Smith wrote: "Just to let all my friends know my youngest daughter took her own life last night." <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">'Broken heart'<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">He adds: "Rest in peace my baby and you will never be forgotten xxxxxxx."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">He added: "My heart is broken in 2 and is gonna take a long time to repair i just hope that none of you have to go through the pain am going through rite now [sic]."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Mr Smith has called for tighter controls to be applied to social networking sites such as ask.fm. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">He wrote: "I have just seen the abuse my daughter got from people on ask fm and the fact that these people can be anonymous is wrong [sic]."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">On a Facebook page set up in memory of his daughter, he asked people to sign an e-petition to introduce safeguarding measures on sites used by children.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The page now has nearly 30,000 "likes".<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">'Loss to understand'<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The petition states: "Please sign if you would like the Government to step in and insist that Ask.fm and similar sites help us protect our young people. They are able to join from the age of 13 and can post anonymously." <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">In a statement, Hannah's headteacher at Lutterworth High School, Nora Parker, said: "The governors, staff and students of Lutterworth High School were deeply shocked and saddened to learn the news that on 2 August Hannah Smith, a year 9 student, took her own life.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"Hannah, who just completed her final year at the school and was looking to transfer to Lutterworth College in August, was a bright, bubbly, popular and thoughtful girl who was liked and respected by all those she came into contact with. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">"She had everything to live for and her family, who are utterly devastated, are at a loss to understand why this has happened."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Peter Wanless, chief executive of the NSPCC, said: "This is a tragic case where Hannah felt like she had no other option but to end her life.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">(BBC)<o:p></o:p></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-66560291383121550042013-08-07T00:23:00.000+01:002013-08-07T00:23:00.815+01:0010 year-old Nigerian Girl Makes History– Forbes <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7ApEtJ3ON8w/UgGEsydI6bI/AAAAAAAAA1I/oBT5UaiBaeU/s1600/Zuriel-Oduwole-300x168.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7ApEtJ3ON8w/UgGEsydI6bI/AAAAAAAAA1I/oBT5UaiBaeU/s1600/Zuriel-Oduwole-300x168.webp" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Zuriel Elise Oduwole is a 10 year old girl, but not just your regular 10-year-old.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The extraordinary Nigerian-American child has put her name down in the history and record books as the youngest person ever to be interviewed in Forbes.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The interview with the award winning documentary film maker, conference speaker and writer is featured in the August 2013 edition of Forbes Africa.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">At the tender age 0f 10, Zuriel possesses an amazing talent that has elevated her to great heights. The 10 year old has sat face to face with renowned world leaders in interviews and one on one chat sessions.</div><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She has sat with the current Presidents of Tanzania, Mauritius, and Malawi–one of Africa’s only two female national leaders. Others include ex-presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Kufuor of Ghana. Zuriel has also had a one-on-one interview with Africa’s most successful businessman, Mr. Aliko Dangote. She even got a standing ovation for her sets of provoking and creatively intelligent questions to tennis superstars, Venus &amp; Serena Williams, during their world press conference in Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Zuriel says she has not been granted an interview by the President of Nigeria because of his busy schedules but hopes to achieve that soon.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Zuriel (which is Hebrew for God is my Rock) believes if she can walk a mile, then there are girls who on seeing her work and progress made, would walk a mile and half.<o:p></o:p></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-16086539163724236952013-08-07T00:15:00.003+01:002013-08-07T00:15:49.330+01:00Must Read: How to tell If a man likes you<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y4cvEhtxzuc/UFw2_n-qaaI/AAAAAAAAAUE/ZwBShgWRYdQ/s1600/BANANA+Prevents+HIV+Infection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y4cvEhtxzuc/UFw2_n-qaaI/AAAAAAAAAUE/ZwBShgWRYdQ/s400/BANANA+Prevents+HIV+Infection.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Overview<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;In a perfect world, no one would have to guess about someone’s romantic interest. You’d know if the guy you liked were lusting over you, and you’d have the opportunity to avoid so many of the minefields that dating throws in your path. Unfortunately, we don’t always have the straightforward relationships we’d like, but that doesn't mean that clues aren't available for us to decipher. With the right information, you can decode his signals and make an educated guess about his interest level.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Step 1</div><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Watch his body language. According to a July 2009 “Marie Claire” magazine article entitled “Four Flirting Fun Facts–With Research to Back Them Up!” by Maura Kelly, men may show their interest by telltale body language cues. For instance, he may repeatedly catch your eye from across the room. Or, even if he’s talking with someone else, he may angle his feet in your direction. Both men and women also tend to “peacock” around the people they’re interested in, so a man might stretch to expand his chest or put his hands in his front pockets to draw your eyes toward his groin.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Step 2<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Note if he tries to touch you. In the “Marie Claire” article “10 Signs He Is Interested in You” by Matt Titus, if a man digs you, he’s more likely to touch you casually and lean in toward your personal space. He’s also more likely to mimic your movements. So, lean in toward him and see if he responds similarly. Notice if he brushes your arm or touches your back to help you though a crowd. An interested man will want to get physical.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Step 3<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Gauge his interest level. According to the Social Issues Research Center website, if he regularly asks about you or the things you’re interested in, if he knows your hangouts or favorite restaurants or if he seems to “coincidentally” show up at a party you mentioned to him off-hand, then chances are he’s looking for something more.<o:p></o:p></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-45233101458313060142013-08-07T00:07:00.001+01:002013-08-07T00:07:43.435+01:00How They Tried to Kill Me in Prison ––Al-Mustapha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1WnZzSRZ0Vg/UgGBP2xw2UI/AAAAAAAAA04/MZ38WZb5DsY/s1600/Al+Mustapha+1.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1WnZzSRZ0Vg/UgGBP2xw2UI/AAAAAAAAA04/MZ38WZb5DsY/s400/Al+Mustapha+1.webp" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Former Chief Security Officer to late Gen. Sani Abacha, who spent about 14 years in prison, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, as revealed that he escaped several plots to kill him while he was in prison.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;“Thank God, a reliable and trusted son of Tivland and my friend was officer in charge. He was directed to release me without documents in the wee hours of the night. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;“As God would have it, he sought for guidance from our father and leader, Wantaregh Paul Unongo, who in turn directed him not to allow them take me away for subsequent killing."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Al-Mustapha said he would have been eliminated if not for the timely intervention of Wantaregh Paul Unongo and retired Controller of Prison, Iorbee Ihiagh.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Al-Mustapha, who was one of the powerful men in the country during the administration of late Gen Abacha, made the revelation at the weekend when he led his wife, few friends including Mohammed Abacha to pay homage to Second Republic Minister of Steel, Wataregh Paul Unongo, in his home in Jato Akaa.</div><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;He said: “On the 29th of March, 2004, some people planned to kill me. I was to be forced out of the prison and taken to an unknown destination where they were to take my life.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;“God saved my life on that day. Let me say, from the day the journey started, the day my father, the late General Sani Abacha, died to the 12th of of July this year when I was released, we have had so many attempts to take our lives but God Almighty preserved us.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;“Alhaji Mohammed Sani Abacha and I initially were framed through scripted stories released to the media and we were arrested. Thank God that subsequently justice was served having passed through series of travails and torture.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;“But today it is just normal that we should come home to Tivland before my father Wantaregh Paul Unongo and in the presence of CP Ihiagh, who was prematurely retired because he refused to play games with my life. God Almighty has decided that I will still see today.”<o:p></o:p></div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-52508467919590410452013-08-06T22:59:00.000+01:002013-08-06T22:59:18.052+01:00Deportation: Ohanaeze youths gives Gov., Fashola three days to apologize<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ogamayor/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-904uM7XdoyM/UgFwf81hSxI/AAAAAAAAAzo/fCXoG8ERJjk/s400/FASHOLA.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths Congress, a pan-Igbo youth organization has given Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola three days to apologize over the deportation of 72 people to Onitsha or risk public protests or rallies.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Reacting to the deportation saga, the youths described the action of the Lagos State Government as not only reckless and insulting to the Igbo, but a clear infraction on the rights of Nigerians regardless of where they may hail from. Secretary of the group, Nonso Ozoemena, in a statement said Fashola’s action was capable of breaching the peace in the country and if mismanaged could grind the nation to a halt.</div><a name='more'></a><o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Ozoemena described as insulting, the decision of the Fashola-led government to dump the deportees at Onitsha, as interrogation of the deportees revealed that many of them were not from the South-East, how much more from Anambra State, where they were dumped.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">He said: “This apparent abuse of Nigeria’s constitution, that is done with so much impunity, clearly negates the rights and freedom of movement and right to live in any part of the country by the Nigerian citizenry. “We totally condemn this act and demand immediate apology from the Lagos governor, as his action, if reciprocated by the South-East governors, will clearly breed distrust and fan the embers of hatred amongst Nigerians.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Ozoemena pointed out that it was disheartening that while Fashola was seeking election as governor in 2007 and re-election in 2011, he never deemed it right to carry out this policy, as he depended so much on the votes of Igbo and indeed, other tribes in Lagos to win his elections, but now feels it right to execute such dastardly policy since he will not need votes again.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">This is even as the youths alleged that reports reaching them suggested that the governor was also planning to relocate Alaba, Idumota, Yaba, Trade Fair, Computer village and Ladipo markets, in a bid to further dislodge the Igbo, who were dominant, as regards ownership of the markets.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">The youths said this would be firmly resisted, as this policy of both Fashola, backed with alleged influence of Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, has clandestine motives.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">The youths reminded the Lagos governor of the responsibility of government to the citizenry and asked him to take a cue from Akwa Ibom State, where both indigenes and non-indigenes were enjoying free education, regardless of states of origin or status.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">They asked Fashola to immediately desist from the act and gave him three days to apologise for his action or face mass action through rallies and demonstrations to be organized by the youths in Lagos in the next couple of days.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Ohanaeze youths also called on South-East leaders to speak up, saying it was unfortunate that in the midst of this constitutional rape by Fashola, only Peter Obi, among all the governors in the South-East, have found it necessary to act and also speak out on this latest abuse of Ndigbo.<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">He noted that Ohanaeze youths had taken note of this and would take on the seeming cowardice and nonchalance of the Igbo leaders.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">SOURCE: sun</div></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-84835199969914219392013-08-06T00:42:00.002+01:002013-08-06T00:42:37.800+01:00A Live Turtle Disguised As Burger Smuggled Through Airport In China<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ogamayor%20blog/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aVuJJ4MgpyE/UgA3lbd3mUI/AAAAAAAAAzY/CaalubJ9U_4/s400/t.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Security officials at China’s Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport noticed something rather peculiar in the bag of a traveler identified only as “Mr. Li” on Monday.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />The airport’s X-ray machine showed “suspicious corners” on what appeared to be a KFC sandwich package, according to the AFP.</div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-3180871253385082252013-03-26T08:00:00.000+01:002013-03-26T17:02:24.690+01:00Bill Gate Offers $100K To Whoever Can Make A 'Next Generation' Condom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lNvBFq40tpQ/UVDP35rNfQI/AAAAAAAAAwE/RmiJ020zQFc/s1600/bill+gates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lNvBFq40tpQ/UVDP35rNfQI/AAAAAAAAAwE/RmiJ020zQFc/s1600/bill+gates.jpg" /></a></div><br />The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation is offering $100,000 to anyone who can make a condom people actually like to use - a "next-generation" condom.<br /><br /><br />The feel of latex prophylactics has been central to why men choose not to use them, putting their partner at risk for sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.<br /><br />A lack of use has caused the spread of HIV/AIDS and has hindered family planning around the globe.<br /><br />The contest is part of the Foundation's Round 11 Grand Challenges Explorations initiative and will offer financial support above the initial funding if a new condom is chosen.<br /><br />The description of the challenge reads:<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />"The primary drawback from the male perspective is that condoms decrease pleasure as compared to no condom, creating a trade-off that many men find unacceptable, particularly given that the decisions about use must be made just prior to intercourse."<br /><br />The initiative seeks to create a condom that enhances pleasure and comfort.<br /><br />"Material science and our understanding of neurobiology has undergone revolutionary transformation in the last decade yet that knowledge has not been applied to improve the product attributes of one of the most ubiquitous and potentially underutilized products on earth."<br /><br />It is estimated that about 15 billion condoms are produced every year.There are 750 million users worldwide.Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-75642671463811839162013-03-26T07:30:00.000+01:002013-03-26T07:30:01.279+01:00Raising Kids Who Can Responsibly Handle Money <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E8VSt3n4lMc/UVDMQaTjODI/AAAAAAAAAv0/vWZVNJMKFnU/s1600/CA$%23+MON%C2%A3Y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="304" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E8VSt3n4lMc/UVDMQaTjODI/AAAAAAAAAv0/vWZVNJMKFnU/s400/CA$%23+MON%C2%A3Y.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>If you thought the easiest way to teach your kids about money was to have them write down their goals and stay on a budget, you’re a genius.<br /><br /><br />According to a study from Inceptia, a nonprofit that promotes financial education, the two measures that correlated most highly with financial confidence and know-how in college freshmen were writing down financial goals and sticking to a budget.<br /><br />The study found that students who said they had a<br /><a name='more'></a> budget were likely to feel capable of handling their financial future and of feeling in control of their financial situation. Those with budgets were also more likely to be saving on a regular basis.<br /><br />Unfortunately, only 51% reported actually having a budget.<br />Additionally, feeling confident and actually knowing the right moves to make are sometimes two different things. While three-quarters of the freshmen in the study said they felt capable of managing their future income and achieving financial goals, only half or fewer rated themselves as good or excellent at setting a budget, managing credit cards and student loans or understanding investing and compound interest.<br /><br />Still, the simple act of writing down financial goals seems to make a huge difference. According to the study, 22% of students with no financial goals said they tracked spending, while 44% of kids with financial goals tracked their spending and 68% of kids with written goals were tracking what they spent.<br /><br />Source; BI<br />Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-55687332250319205052013-03-25T01:04:00.001+01:002013-03-25T01:04:44.617+01:00What Extremely Successful People did During Their 20's<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l_3e7j-W8mg/UU-HVOPcJWI/AAAAAAAAAuM/iA90XMm6DLU/s1600/Martha+Stewart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l_3e7j-W8mg/UU-HVOPcJWI/AAAAAAAAAuM/iA90XMm6DLU/s200/Martha+Stewart.jpg" title="Martha Stewart" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martha Stewart</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><u><i>Martha Stewart</i></u></b> was a stockbroker for the firm of Monness, Williams, and Sidel, the original Oppenheimer &amp; Co.<br /><br />Before her name was known by every American household, Martha Stewart actually worked on Wall Street for five years as a stockbroker. Before that, she was a model, booking clients from Unilever to Chanel.<br /><br />"There were very few women at the time on Wall Street … and people talked about this glass ceiling, which I never even thought about," Stewart said in an interview with PBS' MAKERS series. "I never considered myself an unequal and I think I got a very good education being a stockbroker."<br /><br />In 1972, Stewart left Wall Street to be a stay-at-home mom. A year later, she started a catering business.<br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m-XNIDRM0gg/UU-IbCOXbhI/AAAAAAAAAuU/u_hjHGB273k/s1600/mark-cuban-was-a-bartender-in-dallas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m-XNIDRM0gg/UU-IbCOXbhI/AAAAAAAAAuU/u_hjHGB273k/s200/mark-cuban-was-a-bartender-in-dallas.jpg" title="Mark Cuban" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark Cuban</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><u><i>Mark Cuban</i></u></b> was a bartender in Dallas.<br /><br />At age 25, Cuban had graduated from Indiana University and had moved to Dallas. He started out as a bartender, then a salesperson for a PC software retailer. He actually got fired because he wanted to go close a deal rather than open a store in the morning. That helped inspire him to open his first business, MicroSolutions.<br />“When I got to Dallas, I was struggling — sleeping on the floor with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment,” Cuban writes in his book “How to Win at the Sport of Business.” “I used to drive around, look at the big houses, and imagine what it would be like to live there and use that as motivation.”<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4fi6j7YZN7I/UU-LaYWlfdI/AAAAAAAAAug/5BXY9JvdICY/s1600/ralph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4fi6j7YZN7I/UU-LaYWlfdI/AAAAAAAAAug/5BXY9JvdICY/s200/ralph.jpg" title="Ralph Lauren" width="200" /></a><i><b><u>Ralph Lauren</u></b></i> was a sales assistant at Brooks Brothers.<br /><br />He was born Ralph Lifshitz in the Bronx, New York, but changed his name at the age of 15. He went on to study business at Baruch College and served in the Army until the age of 24 when he left to work for Brooks Brothers.<br /><br />At 26, Lauren decided to design a wide European-styled tie, which eventually led to an opportunity with Neiman Marcus. The next year, he launched the label "Polo."<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ke7NGKmy1xE/UU-MrhUZ1zI/AAAAAAAAAus/WS8kE_PNbAI/s1600/jk-rowling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ke7NGKmy1xE/UU-MrhUZ1zI/AAAAAAAAAus/WS8kE_PNbAI/s200/jk-rowling.jpg" title="JK Rowling" width="200" /></a><i><u><b>JK Rowling</b></u></i> came up with the idea for the Harry Potter series on a train.<br /><br />In 1990, Rowling was 25 years old when she came up with the idea for Harry Potter&nbsp;during&nbsp;a delayed four-hour train ride.<br /><br />She started writing the first book that evening, but it took her years to actually finish it. While working as a secretary for the London office of Amnesty International, Rowling was fired for daydreaming too much about Harry Potter and her severance check would help her focus on writing for the next<br /><a name='more'></a> few years.<br /><br />During these years, she got married, had a daughter, got divorced, and was diagnosed with clinical depression before finally finishing the book in 1995. It was published in 1997<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ltey2UoJK7s/UU-NwZzs2cI/AAAAAAAAAu0/PXpFPvnl-MQ/s1600/lloyd-blankfein-was-an-unhappy-lawyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ltey2UoJK7s/UU-NwZzs2cI/AAAAAAAAAu0/PXpFPvnl-MQ/s200/lloyd-blankfein-was-an-unhappy-lawyer.jpg" title="Lloyd Blankfein" width="200" /></a><i><b><u>Lloyd Blankfein</u></b></i> was an unhappy lawyer.</div><div><br /></div><div>Blankfein didn't take the typical route to finance. He actually started out as a lawyer. He got his law degree from Harvard at age 24, then took a job as an associate at law firm Donovan Leisure.</div><div><br /></div><div>"I was as provincial as you could be, albeit from Brooklyn, the province of Brooklyn," Blankfein told William Cohen at Fortune Magazine.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the time, he was a heavy smoker and occasional gambler. Despite the fact that he was on the partner track at the firm, he decided to switch to investment banking, joining J. Aron at the age of 27.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UzrwKFBEQEY/UU-O5KeeWrI/AAAAAAAAAu8/YOB7MYZnIEI/s1600/JAY-Z+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UzrwKFBEQEY/UU-O5KeeWrI/AAAAAAAAAu8/YOB7MYZnIEI/s1600/JAY-Z+.jpg" title="Jay-Z" /></a><b><i><u>Jay-Z</u></i></b> was already in the rap scene, but was 'relatively anonymous.'</div><div><br /></div><div>Born Shawn Carter, Jay Z grew up in a housing project in Brooklyn, New York and became known as "Jay Z" at the age of 20. For the next few years he appeared alongside various other rappers, but "remained relatively anonymous" until he founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records at the age of 27 with two other friends. The same year, Jay Z released his first album, "Reasonable Doubt."</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5HuGPt1la0Y/UUQ_WGV45oI/AAAAAAAAAtY/Oxns1fBac68/s1600/Mark+Zuckerberg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5HuGPt1la0Y/UUQ_WGV45oI/AAAAAAAAAtY/Oxns1fBac68/s200/Mark+Zuckerberg.jpg" title="Mark Zuckerberg" width="126" /></a><b><i><u>Mark Zuckerberg</u></i></b>'s Facebook was cash positive for the first time and hit 300 million users.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mark Zuckerberg had been hard at work on Facebook for five years by the time he hit age 25. In that year — 2009 — the company turned cash positive for the first time and hit 300 million users. He was excited at the time, but said it was just the start, writing on Facebook that "the way we think about this is that we're just getting started on our goal of connecting everyone."</div><div><br /></div><div>The next year, he was named "Person of the Year" by Time magazine.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mSobUemWOnU/UU-RRTIKknI/AAAAAAAAAvE/dQ8lv8xrwF4/s1600/tim-allen-was-arrested-and-served-the-next-two-years-in-federal-prison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mSobUemWOnU/UU-RRTIKknI/AAAAAAAAAvE/dQ8lv8xrwF4/s200/tim-allen-was-arrested-and-served-the-next-two-years-in-federal-prison.jpg" title="Tim Allen" width="200" /></a><i><b><u>Tim Allen</u></b></i> was arrested and served the next two years in Federal prison.</div><div><br /></div><div>While working as a stand up comedian, Allen was arrested at 25 in an airport for possessing more than 650 grams of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges and received two years instead of life in prison for providing the names of other dealers.</div><div><br /></div><div>The experience was so bad that he was forced to turn himself around. He told Esquire, "When I went to jail, reality hit so hard that it took my breath away, took my stance away, took my strength away. I was there buck naked, humiliated ... this is a metaphor. My ego had run off. Your ego is the biggest coward."</div><div><br /></div><div>Allen became known to the public for his role on the sitcom "Home Improvement," which premiered in 1991.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gZy_3rxEUDs/UU-SBjOSA0I/AAAAAAAAAvQ/hi4j03Ur2m8/s1600/richard-branson-had-already-started-the-virgin-records-record-label.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gZy_3rxEUDs/UU-SBjOSA0I/AAAAAAAAAvQ/hi4j03Ur2m8/s200/richard-branson-had-already-started-the-virgin-records-record-label.jpg" title="Richard Branson" width="200" /></a><b><i><u>Richard Branson</u></i></b> had already started the Virgin Records record label.</div><div><br /></div><div>At age 20, Branson opened his first record shop, then a studio at 22 and launched the label at 23. By 30, his company was international.</div><div><br /></div><div>Those early years were tough, he told Entrepreneur: "I remember them vividly. It's far more difficult being a small-business owner starting a business than it is for me with thousands of people working for us and 400 companies. Building a business from scratch is 24 hours, 7 days a week, divorces, it's difficult to hold your family life together, it's bloody hard work and only one word really matters — and that's surviving."</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nwep-XXystA/UU-SfnYoh1I/AAAAAAAAAvY/mhIUSUU3jqI/s1600/google-executive-chairman-eric-schmidt-was-building-a-deep-background-in-computer-science.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nwep-XXystA/UU-SfnYoh1I/AAAAAAAAAvY/mhIUSUU3jqI/s320/google-executive-chairman-eric-schmidt-was-building-a-deep-background-in-computer-science.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Google Executive Chairman <b><i><u>Eric Schmidt</u></i></b> was building a deep background in computer science.</div><div><br /></div><div>Schmidt spent six years as a graduate student at UC Berkeley, earning a masters and Ph.D. at 27 for early work in networking computers and managing distributed software development.</div><div><br /></div><div>He spent those summers working at the famed Xerox PARC labs, which helped create the computer workstation as we know it. There, he met the founder of Sun Microsystems, where he had his first corporate job.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>In his early years as a programmer, "all of us never slept at night because computers were faster at night."</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MhRcMsrLz4Q/UU-TnX9keCI/AAAAAAAAAvk/8hcByLMA_1c/s1600/billionaire-businessman-roman-abramovich-had-already-set-up-and-liquidated-at-least-20-companies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MhRcMsrLz4Q/UU-TnX9keCI/AAAAAAAAAvk/8hcByLMA_1c/s320/billionaire-businessman-roman-abramovich-had-already-set-up-and-liquidated-at-least-20-companies.jpg" title="Roman Abramovich" width="320" /></a></div><div><div>Billionaire businessman <i><u><b>Roman Abramovich</b></u></i> had already set up and liquidated at least 20 companies.</div><div><br /></div><div>As a child, Abramovich was an orphan and raised by his uncle, and by the age of 21, entered the black market through money he had received from his wife's parents. His companies eventually became more legalized businesses in the early 1990s, by which time Abramovich had been involved with at least 20 companies.</div><div><br /></div><div>At 26, he was arrested for theft of government property, and by the age of 35 became Governor of Chukotka in Russia.</div><div><br /></div><div>He maintains that he was innocent in that early case, saying, "There were problems with the banking system … at the time when the refinery discovered they haven’t got the money, whilst I was under arrest, they received the money and I was released."</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>SOURCE; BI</div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-89838875790513229272013-03-24T19:34:00.000+01:002013-03-24T19:34:10.748+01:00Biography of Professor Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VONvlzhNDmI/UU9GimdZp7I/AAAAAAAAAt0/7b07lXRxk-I/s1600/achebe.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VONvlzhNDmI/UU9GimdZp7I/AAAAAAAAAt0/7b07lXRxk-I/s1600/achebe.jpeg" /></a></div>Famed writer and educator Chinua Achebe was born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe on November 16, 1930, in the Igbo town of Ogidi in eastern Nigeria. After becoming educated in English at the University of Ibadan and a subsequent teaching stint, in 1961, Achebe joined the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation as director of external broadcasting. He would serve in that position until 1966.<br /><br />&nbsp;Prior to joining NBC, in 1958, Achebe published his first novel: Things Fall Apart. The groundbreaking novel centers on the cultural clash between native African culture and the traditional white culture of missionaries and the colonial government in place in Nigeria. An unflinching look at the discord, the book was a startling success and has become required reading in many schools across the world.<br /><br />The 1960s proved to be a creatively fertile period for Achebe. It was during this decade that<br /><a name='more'></a> he wrote the novels No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964) and A Man of the People (1966), all of which address the issue of traditional ways of life coming into conflict with new, often colonial, points of view. (Anthills of the Savannah [1987] took on a similar theme.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nsTo_deRea0/UT9X-6xGMoI/AAAAAAAAAsU/Nvr1qrtcWLI/s1600/Chinua+Achebe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nsTo_deRea0/UT9X-6xGMoI/AAAAAAAAAsU/Nvr1qrtcWLI/s320/Chinua+Achebe.jpg" width="210" /></a></div>In a related endeavor, in 1967, Chinua Achebe and Christopher Okigbo, a renowned poet, co-founded a publishing company, the Citadel Press, which they intended to run as an outlet for a new kind of African-oriented children's books. Okigbo was soon killed, however, in the Nigerian civil war. Two years later, Achebe toured the United States with Gabriel Okara and Cyprian Ekwensi, fellow writers, giving lectures at various universities. The 1960s also marked Achebe's wedding to Christie Chinwe Okoli in 1961, and they went on to have four children.<br /><br />&nbsp;When he returned to Nigeria from the United States, Achebe became a research fellow and later a professor of English (1976–81) at the University of Nigeria. During this time, he also served as director of two Nigerian publishing houses, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. and Nwankwo-Ifejika Ltd.<br /><br />&nbsp;On the writing front, the 1970s proved equally productive, and Achebe published several collections of short stories and a children's book: How the Leopard Got His Claws (1973). Also released around this time were the poetry collections Beware, Soul-Brother (1971) and Christmas in Biafra (1973), and Achebe's first book of essays, Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975).<br /><br />While back in the United States in 1975, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Achebe gave a lecture called "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness," in which he asserted that Joseph Conrad's famous novel dehumanizes Africans.<br /><br />The work referred to Conrad as a "thoroughgoing racist," and, when published in essay form, it went on to become a seminal postcolonial African work. Achebe joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut that same year, returning to the University of Nigeria in 1976.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rqyZxVurAko/UU9GjafM7bI/AAAAAAAAAt8/AMYsM-7x9yQ/s1600/chebe.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rqyZxVurAko/UU9GjafM7bI/AAAAAAAAAt8/AMYsM-7x9yQ/s1600/chebe.jpeg" /></a></div><br />The year 1987 would mark the release of Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah, which was shortlisted for the Booker McConnell Prize. The following year, he published Hopes and Impediments (1988).<br /><br />The 1990s began with tragedy: Achebe was in a car accident in Nigeria that left him paralyzed from the waist down and would confine him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Soon after, he moved to the United States and taught at Bard College, just north of New York City, where he remained for 15 years. In 2009, Achebe left Bard to join the faculty of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, serving as professor of Africana Studies as well as the David and Marianna Fisher University professor.<br /><br />&nbsp;Chinua Achebe won several awards over the course of his writing career, including the Man Booker International Prize (2007) and the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize (2010). He also received honorary degrees from more than 30 universities around the world.<br /><br />Chinua Achebe died on March 21, 2013, at the age of 82, in Boston, Massachusetts.<br />Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-53294339991828511362013-03-16T11:24:00.001+01:002013-03-16T11:24:59.043+01:00The World's 29 Youngest Billionaires of 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">There are about 1,426 billionaires in the world this year. They are the wealthiest of the wealthy. 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Ten come from the technology sector, including four from social networking giant Facebook. Eleven come from the United States, the rest from countries abroad. While Five are newcomers to the billionaire ranks.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sNALSuGmBVk/UUQ_R-1mNsI/AAAAAAAAAtM/m1Dk8a3tLlI/s1600/Dustin+Moskovitz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sNALSuGmBVk/UUQ_R-1mNsI/AAAAAAAAAtM/m1Dk8a3tLlI/s320/Dustin+Moskovitz.jpg" width="320" /></a>No. 1: Dustin Moskovitz</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 28</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $3.8 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Moskovitz, Mark Zuckerberg‘s former roommate, no longer works at Facebook, the social networking giant that he co-founded. A signee of Bill Gates‘ and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge, Moskovitz bikes to work, flies commercial, and pitches his own tent at Burning Man.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5HuGPt1la0Y/UUQ_WGV45oI/AAAAAAAAAtU/h8W4d92M9N0/s1600/Mark+Zuckerberg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5HuGPt1la0Y/UUQ_WGV45oI/AAAAAAAAAtU/h8W4d92M9N0/s320/Mark+Zuckerberg.jpg" width="201" /></a>No. 2: Mark Zuckerberg</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 28</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $13.3 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Few CEOs of any age are under more media scrutiny than Zuckerberg (who’s only 8 days older than Moskovitz). Since taking Facebook public in May 2012, and getting married days later, the hoodie-wearing founder has seen his net worth rise and fall with every fluctuation of the stock price.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IkkVEi9O4nQ/UUQ_MO8NpVI/AAAAAAAAAtE/QtAzbT5sNFc/s1600/Albert+von+Thurn+und+Taxis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IkkVEi9O4nQ/UUQ_MO8NpVI/AAAAAAAAAtE/QtAzbT5sNFc/s320/Albert+von+Thurn+und+Taxis.jpg" width="219" /></a>No. 3: Albert von Thurn und Taxis</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 29</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.5 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Albert von Thurn und Taxis first appeared in Forbes’ billionaire rankings at age 8 but officially inherited his fortune in 2001 on his 18th birthday. The eligible bachelor is also a race car driver and tours with a German auto-racing league.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />No. 4: Scott Duncan</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 30</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $5.1 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Duncan is the youngest of the four children who inherited the massive fortune of late energy pipeline entrepreneur Dan Duncan, founder of Enterprise Products Partners. Today the company owns more than 50,000 miles of natural gas, oil, and petrochemical pipelines.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ijZpRf0g31I/UURAW7CCw-I/AAAAAAAAAtk/7D9xwLqHOvM/s1600/Eduardo+Saverin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ijZpRf0g31I/UURAW7CCw-I/AAAAAAAAAtk/7D9xwLqHOvM/s200/Eduardo+Saverin.jpg" width="200" /></a>No. 5: Eduardo Saverin</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 30</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $2.2 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Facebook co-founder Saverin renounced his United States citizenship in 2011, news of which broke days before the company’s IPO and drew accusations of tax evasion. Saverin, immortalized in The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg’s onetime best friend, settled a lengthy legal battle with Facebook, apparently receiving a 5% stake. A Brazilian citizen, he now resides in Singapore and invests in startups.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 6: Huiyan Yang</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 31</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $5.7 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Yang, the daughter of the founder of real estate developer Country Garden Holdings, is once again China’s richest woman. Her father transferred his stake to the Ohio State grad before the company’s IPO in 2007.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 7: Fahd Hariri</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 32</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.35 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Hariri is the youngest son of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. He graduated from the Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture de Paris in 2004. While still a student, he ran an interior design studio on the outskirts of the city, and sold furniture to clients in Saudi Arabia.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 8: Marie Besnier Beauvalot</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 32</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.5 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Marie, along with siblings Emmanuel, 42, and Jean-Michel, 45, inherited French dairy giant Lactalis, producers of popular Président brie among hundreds of other cheese, milk and yogurt brands.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 9: Sean Parker</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 33</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $2 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Parker is revamping his much hyped start-up, Airtime, with the hopes that the video chat site will have the impact of his other Web companies. At 19, Parker skipped college to disrupt the recording industry with music swapping site Napster. He served as Facebook’s first president at age 24.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oI877HUaAkQ/UUQ_8fUBbAI/AAAAAAAAAtc/PRX4poT4cF0/s1600/Sean+Parker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oI877HUaAkQ/UUQ_8fUBbAI/AAAAAAAAAtc/PRX4poT4cF0/s200/Sean+Parker.jpg" width="200" /></a>No. 10: Ayman Hariri</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 34</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.35 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Hariri is the son of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. He’s involved in running Saudi Oger, one of Saudi Arabia’s biggest construction companies, and the source of the Hariri family fortune.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 11: Yvonne Bauer</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 35</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $2.4 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Bauer owns 85% of her family’s publishing empire. She is the fifth generation of the family to run the Bauer Media Group, which was founded in 1875. It publishes 570 magazines in 16 countries.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 12: Yoshikazu Tanaka</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 36</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.8 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Founder and CEO of social-network game site operator Gree, Tanaka has faced stiff competition this year from archrival DeNA and a game initiative by NTT DoCoMo, the giant cellphone carrier. To get back on track, Tanaka moved to partner with Yahoo Japan and went on a buying spree.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 13: Maxim Nogotkov</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 36</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.3 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Nogotkov got his start selling computer programs while in school and later began selling cordless phones. He dropped out of college in order to have more time to focus on building his business. He later founded cell phone retailer Svyaznoy.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 14: Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 36</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $11.7 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>A Harvard history grad, Domingo Davila is the eldest son from his jet-setting beer magnate father’s second marriage. Now a managing director at a New York-based investment advisory firm, Alejandro sits on the board of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 15: Jack Dorsey</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 36</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.1 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Dorsey made a name for himself as a cofounder and leader of 140-character microblogging company Twitter, but most of his fortune is derived from his stake in mobile payment company Square. The New York University dropout is a certified masseur known for his eclectic interests, which include, among other things, punk music and clothes.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 16: Serra Sabanci</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 37</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.3 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Sabanci is the daughter of Ozdemir Sabanci who was assassinated in 1996, and a board member of the large conglomerate Sabanci Holding.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 17: Nicholas Woodman</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 37</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.3 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>GoPro founder and CEO Nick Woodman built the first camera prototypes in his bedroom with his mom’s sewing machine and a drill. GoPro came out with its first camera, a 35-millimeter waterproof film version, in 2004. Today, the camera shoots full video in cinema quality HD, allowing anyone from professional surfer Kelly Slater to amateur snowboarders to capture their adventures.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 18: Chase Coleman</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 37</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.4 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>The hottest young money manager on the planet, Coleman cooled off a touch in 2012, but his Tiger Global hedge fund extended its impressive winning streak, finishing a third straight year with a net return in excess of 20%.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 19: Ryan Kavanaugh</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 38</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Ryan Kavanaugh joins the billionaire ranks for the first time this year thanks to his movie studio, Relativity. Kavanaugh is making money by hitting singles and doubles like the recent Safe Haven, which cost $25 million to make and has grossed more than $50 million at the box office.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 20: Andrey Verevskiy</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 38</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Verevskiy started trading in grain when he was 19 and founded Kernel Holding a decade later, growing it into Ukraine’s largest sunflower oil producer. Last year, Verevskiy was elected to Ukraine’s Parliament.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 21: John Arnold</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 38</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $2.8 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Arnold shocked the hedge fund world in May 2012 when he announced he was calling it a career at age 38. Arnold and his wife Laura, who are signatories of the Giving Pledge, plan to devote much of their time to philanthropy. The couple have already given away more than $1.2 billion.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 22: Gary Fegel</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 39</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Gary Fegel attained billionaire status in May 2011 in the wake of Glencore’s IPO. After earning his MBA from the University of St. Gallen, Fegel joined the alumina and aluminum department at the commodities titan in 2001.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 23: Kostyantin Zhevago</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 39</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.5 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Son of a mining engineer, Kostyantin Zhevago took over Poltava Iron Ore, the largest exporter of pellets in CIS, at the age of twenty two, and in 2007 he took his mining company Ferrexpo public. An avid soccer fan, Zhevago owns FC Vorska football.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No 24: Dan Gertler</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 39</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $2.2 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>An emerging face of irresponsible capitalism in Africa, Dan Gertler took his family’s fortune in diamonds and invested it in mining assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While in his 20s, he became a friend of Joseph Kabila, who then ran the military and is now the DRC’s president.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 25: Ana Luia de Mattos Barretto Villela</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 39</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.15 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Ana Lucia de Mattos Barretto Villela belongs to one of Brazil’s oldest and most distinguished banking families. She is one of the largest individual shareholders of a holding company that controls Unibanco Holding S.A., one of Brazil’s largest banks.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 26: Lee Seo-Hyun</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 39</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>She is the youngest daughter of Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, she is vice president of the luxury goods and fashion division of Cheil Industries (part of the Samsung Group), as well as a vice president at Cheil Worldwide, Korea’s largest advertising firm.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 27: Fang Wei</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 39</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $1.5 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Fang Wei is best known for buying turnaround situations, especially those in the steel industry. Fangda Group now has more than 30,000 employees across more than 10 provinces in China.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 28: Sergey Brin</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 39</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $22.8 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>The Google cofounder is now director of special projects at the Mountain View, Calif. search giant, leaving his counterpart Larry Page to handle most day-to-day operations. Brin oversees the company’s foray into hardware and futuristic endeavors like driverless cars and augmented reality spectacles known as Google Glass.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">No. 29: Larry Page</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Age: 39</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Net Worth: $23 billion</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Google’s cofounder and CEO since April 2011, Page saw the company through the $50 billion revenue milestone in 2012. 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in St. Louis have shown that nanoparticles infused with a toxic bee venom can kill HIV. The researchers hope to take this new compound and develop a vaginal gel that can prevent the further spread of the disease.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The key to this discovery, which was made by Samuel A. Wickline and his team at Washington University, involves cytolyic melittin peptides. Melittin is found in bee venom, and it has the fortuitous trait of being able to degrade the protective envelope that surrounds HIV.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">For the experiment, Wickline’s team prepared free melittin and melittin-loaded nanoparticles and set them against various strains of HIV (CXCR4 and CCR5 in particular). The researchers then showed that melittin, when delivered in these large and free accumulations, can make life miserable for</span></div><a name='more'></a> the disease.<br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Moreover, these melittin-loaded nanoparticles left the surrounding cells unharmed, which bodes well for the development of a topical vaginal virucide. But this didn’t happen by accident. The nanoparticles were endowed with a kind of filter that prevents healthy cells from coming into contact with the toxin. HIV, on the other hand, is small and it sifts through these filters, thus exposing it to the toxin.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Unlike other approaches, which work to prevent HIV from replicating, Wickline’s technique involves the degradation of the virus’s structure.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">“We are attacking an inherent physical property of HIV,” said Joshua L. Hood through a university statement, and a co-author of the study. “Theoretically, there isn’t any way for the virus to adapt to that. The virus has to have a protective coat, a double-layered membrane that covers the virus.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Interestingly, the concept behind the melittin nanoparticle approach could conceivably work against other diseases, including hepatitis B and C.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Eventually, the topical gel could be combined with a spermicidal contraceptive and act as a kind of two-in-one double-whammy. But for now, the researchers say that the nanoparticles are safe for sperm, and will initially be intended for couples who are trying to conceive.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And as for the study itself, it’s the first proof-of-concept that the therapeutic and safe application of a nanoparticle-mediated compound can combat HIV-1.</span></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-58778766051204592652013-03-09T13:11:00.001+01:002013-03-09T13:11:37.446+01:00Vconnect Celebrates second Anniversary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P3SoRr4B2-8/UTsi2k-clsI/AAAAAAAAAog/E9K8H8DDkNg/s1600/vconnect.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P3SoRr4B2-8/UTsi2k-clsI/AAAAAAAAAog/E9K8H8DDkNg/s400/vconnect.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Vconnect turned 2years yesterday as staffs and well wishers gathered to celebrate.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y0XHHBCd0hQ/UTslyh_978I/AAAAAAAAAow/Qt89dLWlyA4/s1600/vconnect.jpg3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y0XHHBCd0hQ/UTslyh_978I/AAAAAAAAAow/Qt89dLWlyA4/s320/vconnect.jpg3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AnKEwT9Ls64/UTsmETs-vsI/AAAAAAAAAo4/cYn6fxAhMxM/s1600/vconnect4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AnKEwT9Ls64/UTsmETs-vsI/AAAAAAAAAo4/cYn6fxAhMxM/s320/vconnect4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />VConnect.com is the Largest Local Search Engine and Business Directory in Nigeria. Find product, service or business from comprehensive list of over 500,000 businesses. Get latest updates on movies and events schedule.</div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810801590946953630.post-83971360561868942332012-10-23T06:00:00.002+01:002012-10-23T06:00:08.133+01:00Mothers sell their breast milk on Facebook<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--P_pTABA59A/UIMhhG45ISI/AAAAAAAAAnM/bdu2YOoBB5g/s1600/Facebook-breatmilk-300x254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--P_pTABA59A/UIMhhG45ISI/AAAAAAAAAnM/bdu2YOoBB5g/s320/Facebook-breatmilk-300x254.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Women in the UK and U.S are selling their breast milk online, despite serious concerns that it could be harmful for babies.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Mothers are using community forums, including Facebook, to make some quick cash out of their extra milk.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Buying breast milk is tempting to new parents struggling to express their own, as it provides babies with better protection against illnesses and allergies compared to formula</span></div><a name='more'></a>.<o:p></o:p><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Websites such as onlythebreast.co.uk appear to answer this need, saying: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Our discrete breastfeeding breast milk classified system makes it possible to sell or buy breast milk in a clean, private way.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Donor mothers list their milk under the age of their baby and if they can provide fresh milk on demand. A search around the site reveals women from Essex to Newcastle are offering it either fresh or frozen for around £1 per fluid ounce, while $2 per ounce is the standard rate in the U.S .<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">There are legitimate ways to both donate and receive breast milk for free via milk banks. These centres store breast milk for babies whose mothers can</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">t breastfeed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The banks collect expressed milk from pre-screened mothers who have a plentiful supply and a baby under six-months old. It is then pasteurised before it is offered to nearby hospitals.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">But today doctors in Germany warned new parents against privately obtaining their baby</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">s food through social networks such as Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Professional Association of Pediatricians said that although breast is generally the best option for newborns, mothers unable to breastfeed should not turn to the internet.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Donors can be taking medicines or drugs, have infectious illnesses like AIDS or Hepatitis,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Wolfram Hartmann, president of the association, said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Nobody can check whether the unknown mother</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">s milk is harmless for the particular child</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> he warned, adding that the milk</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">s quality could also be affected during its transportation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The warning follows a report by the online edition of German news weekly Der Spiegel and the association</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">s own research, it said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Doctors agree that breast milk is better than formula as it is packed with disease-fighting substances. However, many women struggle to express enough milk and resort to bottle feeding<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It also warned that a newborn</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">s nutritional needs differed from those of a baby even of several weeks or months old.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The milk of a woman who already has an older child does not contain the right nutrient composition for a newborn,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> it added, and said women who were unable to breastfeed should use special powdered milk.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Although websites such as onlythebreast.co.uk says families can take precautions such as asking for medical documents showing the donor has a clean bill of health, this isn</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">’</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">t mandatory.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Professor Mitch Blair, Officer for Health Promotion at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We encourage women to breastfeed where possible </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">–</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> as it can have real health benefits for both mother and child.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For mothers who are unable to breastfeed, but want to give their children breast milk, the NHS breast milk bank provides a safe outlet for them to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: &quot;MS Mincho&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">‘</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We would strongly recommend using these official NHS milk banks rather than buying breast milk from other sources over the internet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Mbah Abraham Chimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544429413529474938noreply@blogger.com0